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aquasperm

aquasperm noun: sperm that is released into an aquatic environment such as seawater.

Noun

aquasperm (uncountable)

  1. Sperm that is released into an aquatic environment such as seawater.
    • The spermatozoon of Aphyocharax anisitsi is a typical aquasperm with a spherical nucleus, short midpiece and short cytoplasmic collar.1998, Luiz R. Malabarba, Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes, page 242
    • Aquasperm contrast with intemally fertilizing sperm which do not enter the water, for which these authors have proposed the term introsperm.1991, Barrie G. M. Jamieson, Fish Evolution and Systematics

Origin of aquasperm

From aqua- + sperm.

Questions about aquasperm

What does aquasperm mean?
Aquasperm means sperm that is released into an aquatic environment such as seawater.
What part of speech is aquasperm?
Aquasperm is a noun.

Words near aquasperm in the dictionary

  1. aquascopes
  2. aquashow
  3. aquashows
  4. aquasilvicultural
  5. aquasilviculture
  6. aquasperm
  7. aquaspinning
  8. aquastat
  9. aquastatic
  10. aquastats
  11. aquastor

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